Route profile
LAX→LAS
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, 236 miles.
Right now
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Route reliability
July 2023 – July 2026
Better than 50% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 28,255 flights. How this is calculated
LAX → LAS arrives on time 76.7% of the time; the return trip, LAS → LAX, arrives on time 77.6% of the time.
LAX → LAS spends 28.1 minutes on the ground on a 236-mile trip: 19.5 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at LAX and 8.6 minutes from touchdown to gate at LAS.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What stands out
Which day you fly matters unusually much here, a wider weekday spread than 96% of 4,467 comparable routes.
84.7% on time on a typical Tuesday, against 68.7% on a Friday.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Ranked against every other route with the same kind of figure and at least 4,467 in the comparison.
Why LAX → LAS flights are cancelled
July 2023 – July 2026
LAX → LAS cancelled 212 of 28,255 scheduled flights — about 1 in every 133. The reason filed most often was the airline, 59.4% of the cancellations coded on this route — about 1 in every 224 scheduled flights.
Share of cancellations
Of 212 cancelled departures carrying a reason code.
What each reason means
Crew, maintenance, aircraft cleaning, baggage or fueling: what BTS counts as within the carrier’s own control.
126 cancellations, 59.4% of the total.
Conditions the carrier judged severe enough to stop the flight: a blizzard, a hurricane, a line of thunderstorms.
49 cancellations, 23.1% of the total.
Airport capacity, air traffic control flow programs, heavy traffic and ordinary bad weather. A system decision, not the airline’s.
37 cancellations, 17.5% of the total.
A terminal evacuation, a security breach, screening equipment failure, or screening queues over 29 minutes.
0 cancellations, 0.0% of the total.
Reason codes are the operating airline’s own filing with US DOT, not an independent finding of fault. Ordinary bad weather is filed under air traffic, so weather’s full share is larger than its bar.
212 coded cancellations were recorded on LAX → LAS; the section appears from 50.
When it goes wrong
July 2023 – July 2026
48 min late
against a median of 5 min early
Percentiles over 28,255 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at LAS after arriving from LAX.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 40% | Likely to miss |
| 45 min | 23% | High risk |
| 60 min | 15% | Some risk |
| 90 min | 7.7% | Some risk |
| 120 min | 4.4% | Low risk |
This is one leg of a connection. Gate changes and the next flight's own schedule matter too. And a connection can fail before delay is even the question — this route cancels 0.75% of the time and diverts 0.04% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 28,032 arrivals on this route that landed later than the connection time less 30 minutes to reach the next gate.
The worst tenth of arrivals on this route land at least 48 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 28,255 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Best time to fly
LAX → LAS flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 92.1% of the time, against 69.7% for 3–6 PM departures, a gap of 22.4 percentage points.
By day and hour
On-time arrival rate for each weekday and scheduled departure hour, in local time at the departure airport (LAX).
Hour of departure matters more than day of the week: hourly averages sit a typical 8.7 points from the route-wide rate, weekday averages 5.7 points.
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On-time rate, % · stronger color, fewer on time
- 50–59
- 60–69
- 70–79
- 80–89
- 90–99
- Fewer than 120 flights, not scored
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · On time is arrival within 15 minutes of schedule. Cells round to whole percentages; the table shows one decimal.
No slot is named best or worst: too few reach 500 flights. Departures before 6 AM and after 11 PM (778 flights) are not drawn: no slot in those hours has enough flights to score.
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| Hour | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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| 6 AM–7 AM | 94.8% on time156 flights | 97.2% on time141 flights | 99.2% on time127 flights | 97.2% on time143 flights | 97.1% on time136 flights | 104 flights, too few to score | 96.7% on time122 flights |
| 7 AM–8 AM | 90.5% on time276 flights | 89.5% on time220 flights | 92.1% on time217 flights | 91.4% on time281 flights | 89.5% on time286 flights | 89.2% on time200 flights | 94.4% on time270 flights |
| 8 AM–9 AM | 88.4% on time316 flights | 91.2% on time328 flights | 90.9% on time310 flights | 87.2% on time313 flights | 89.2% on time315 flights | 90.9% on time300 flights | 90.3% on time320 flights |
| 9 AM–10 AM | 82.9% on time242 flights | 83.5% on time250 flights | 82.2% on time242 flights | 81.3% on time240 flights | 77.6% on time255 flights | 83.8% on time235 flights | 85.5% on time270 flights |
| 10 AM–11 AM | 83.1% on time156 flights | 84.5% on time174 flights | 85.1% on time175 flights | 78.0% on time170 flights | 74.7% on time156 flights | 112 flights, too few to score | 80.1% on time143 flights |
| 11 AM–12 PM | 74.3% on time268 flights | 87.5% on time208 flights | 85.6% on time204 flights | 70.0% on time237 flights | 58.2% on time253 flights | 81.7% on time234 flights | 76.4% on time247 flights |
| 12 PM–1 PM | 73.7% on time194 flights | 81.4% on time156 flights | 80.3% on time176 flights | 70.4% on time187 flights | 61.9% on time204 flights | 76.7% on time194 flights | 67.6% on time181 flights |
| 1 PM–2 PM | 73.9% on time220 flights | 82.6% on time209 flights | 82.1% on time191 flights | 69.9% on time216 flights | 56.0% on time202 flights | 80.3% on time189 flights | 65.0% on time223 flights |
| 2 PM–3 PM | 71.3% on time123 flights | 78.2% on time142 flights | 83.8% on time148 flights | 63.7% on time135 flights | 50.7% on time145 flights | 72.2% on time133 flights | 64.7% on time139 flights |
| 3 PM–4 PM | 67.0% on time321 flights | 73.4% on time301 flights | 71.8% on time316 flights | 54.5% on time322 flights | 56.1% on time329 flights | 75.9% on time283 flights | 65.4% on time298 flights |
| 4 PM–5 PM | 72.5% on time252 flights | 83.9% on time222 flights | 82.6% on time252 flights | 62.4% on time246 flights | 58.4% on time260 flights | 84.1% on time241 flights | 72.0% on time275 flights |
| 5 PM–6 PM | 71.9% on time290 flights | 84.9% on time258 flights | 79.4% on time267 flights | 54.2% on time286 flights | 61.7% on time280 flights | 74.7% on time217 flights | 68.9% on time265 flights |
| 6 PM–7 PM | 74.2% on time232 flights | 82.7% on time175 flights | 82.0% on time173 flights | 62.0% on time213 flights | 60.9% on time203 flights | 77.8% on time189 flights | 68.4% on time211 flights |
| 7 PM–8 PM | 74.5% on time369 flights | 84.1% on time360 flights | 82.3% on time335 flights | 63.4% on time366 flights | 65.8% on time388 flights | 75.8% on time352 flights | 70.3% on time415 flights |
| 8 PM–9 PM | 73.1% on time251 flights | 85.6% on time160 flights | 78.4% on time176 flights | 70.7% on time270 flights | 62.1% on time244 flights | 81.0% on time186 flights | 62.1% on time293 flights |
| 9 PM–10 PM | 67.1% on time245 flights | 78.1% on time186 flights | 73.3% on time192 flights | 59.4% on time230 flights | 63.8% on time244 flights | 113 flights, too few to score | 55.5% on time225 flights |
| 10 PM–11 PM | 73.0% on time276 flights | 88.7% on time195 flights | 86.8% on time204 flights | 69.3% on time254 flights | 74.3% on time269 flights | 78.7% on time189 flights | 71.3% on time254 flights |
By departure window
By departure hour
- 12 AM to 4 AM: too few flights to score
- 5 AM: 96.8% on time from 631 flights
- 6 AM: 96.9% on time from 929 flights
- 7 AM: 91.0% on time from 1,750 flights
- 8 AM: 89.7% on time from 2,202 flights
- 9 AM: 82.4% on time from 1,734 flights
- 10 AM: 81.3% on time from 1,086 flights
- 11 AM: 75.7% on time from 1,651 flights
- 12 PM: 72.8% on time from 1,292 flights
- 1 PM: 72.6% on time from 1,450 flights
- 2 PM: 69.3% on time from 965 flights
- 3 PM: 66.0% on time from 2,170 flights
- 4 PM: 73.4% on time from 1,748 flights
- 5 PM: 70.5% on time from 1,863 flights
- 6 PM: 72.0% on time from 1,396 flights
- 7 PM: 73.5% on time from 2,585 flights
- 8 PM: 71.7% on time from 1,580 flights
- 9 PM: 66.2% on time from 1,435 flights
- 10 PM: 76.6% on time from 1,641 flights
- 11 PM: 68.0% on time from 147 flights
Why LAX → LAS runs late
July 2023 – July 2026
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for LAX → LAS. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed.
Late-arriving aircraft is the largest cause on LAX → LAS, at 45.0%: flights here mostly leave late because the plane came in late, and the day shows it: 5–9 AM departures arrived on time 92.1% of the time and 3–6 PM departures 69.7%.
How this route holds up in bad weather
July 2023 – July 2026
The harder-hit end is LAS, where the flight lands. Its figure counts departures from LAS, so it says more about how that airport copes than about this route. Bad weather cancels 2.4 times the normal rate at LAS against 1.3 times at LAX. Cancelled in bad weather against normal hours: LAX 1.0% against 0.8%, LAS 2.0% against 0.8%. Flights that did leave LAS in bad weather arrived on time 58.5% of the time, against 78.5% in normal hours.
Bad weather and normal hours at the airports
Scheduled departures, July 2023 – July 2026| Departures from | LAX | LAS |
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| Cancelled in bad weather | 1.0% | 2.0% |
| Cancelled in normal hours | 0.8% | 0.8% |
| Arrived on time, bad weather | 78.9% | 58.5% |
| Arrived on time, normal hours | 81.4% | 78.5% |
| Departures in bad weather | 60,639 | 14,522 |
Of the carriers on this route, Southwest Airlines (0.6% cancelled against 1.1% for the other carriers at LAX) cancelled the fewest departures from LAX in bad weather and Frontier Airlines (3.1% cancelled against 1.0% for the other carriers at LAX) the most.
This route’s airlines in bad weather at LAX
All departures from LAX| Airline | Bad-weather departures | Cancelled | Other carriers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 8,724 | 0.6%below the others | 1.1% |
| American Airlines | 9,554 | 0.8%below the others | 1.1% |
| Delta Air Lines | 11,619 | 0.9%about level | 1.0% |
| SkyWest Airlines | 11,169 | 1.0%about level | 1.0% |
| JetBlue | 2,801 | 1.0%about level | 1.0% |
| Alaska Airlines | 2,917 | 1.1%about level | 1.0% |
| United Airlines | 8,785 | 1.2%about level | 1.0% |
| Spirit Airlines | 2,995 | 1.8%above the others | 1.0% |
| Frontier Airlines | 1,064 | 3.1%above the others | 1.0% |
These are airport figures, not route figures: every scheduled departure from LAX and LAS, to any destination, in hours the weather report called bad. The airline rows count each carrier’s departures from LAX on every route.
Weather source and limits. In full: LAX (airlines), LAS, What Weather Costs Each Airport, Who Cancels More When the Weather Turns, Airports That Change Places When Weather Turns.
Airlines on this route
Carriers with at least 200 flights, by the airline that operated each one.
| Carrier | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 8,090 | 73.7% | 0.57% | -2 min | 7.6% |
| Delta Air Lines | 5,410 | 78.6% | 0.57% | -5 min | 6.7% |
| United Airlines | 4,613 | 83.0% | 0.91% | -7 min | 5.4% |
| American Airlines | 3,513 | 71.9% | 0.34% | -2 min | 11.5% |
| Spirit Airlines | 3,355 | 80.7% | 0.75% | -10 min | 7.9% |
| Frontier Airlines | 1,296 | 65.9% | 1.93% | 1 min | 14.3% |
| SkyWest Airlines | 1,006 | 81.5% | 0.99% | -5 min | 4.7% |
| Alaska Airlines | 528 | 80.0% | 1.52% | -4 min | 6.5% |
| JetBlue | 444 | 68.6% | 2.93% | -2 min | 12.6% |
Southwest Airlines flew 28.6% of the 28,255 flights listed. JetBlue cancelled 2.93% of its flights here against 0.34% for American Airlines.
United Airlines arrived on time 17.1 percentage points more often than Frontier Airlines on this route.
Other ways to fly Los Angeles to Las Vegas
Airport pairs in the same two city markets, as the DOT defines them.
SNA → LAS is the most reliable pairing for this journey at 81.3% on time, against 76.7% for LAX → LAS.
Flying to LAS from the Los Angeles area? Compare LAX, SNA, BUR, ONT for LAS, with the same test for what counts as a real difference.
Flights on this route
Flight numbers with at least 600 operations here and still on the schedule.
DL2253 (7:00 AM) arrived on time 92.1% of the time, 24.3 points more often than F93292 (9:30 PM) at 67.8%.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Friday the least, a gap of 16.0 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 79.5%
- Feb: 78.4%
- Mar: 75.0%
- Apr: 75.8%
- May: 74.6%
- Jun: 71.1%
- Jul: 71.3%
- Aug: 76.8%
- Sep: 76.5%
- Oct: 80.1%
- Nov: 81.6%
- Dec: 81.2%
June is historically the weakest month and November the strongest, a spread of 10.5 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – July 2026
- July 2023: 72.0% from 868 flights
- August 2023: 75.4% from 908 flights
- September 2023: 76.4% from 830 flights
- October 2023: 80.9% from 885 flights
- November 2023: 84.4% from 838 flights
- December 2023: 80.5% from 843 flights
- January 2024: 78.1% from 776 flights
- February 2024: 73.9% from 743 flights
- March 2024: 63.3% from 762 flights
- April 2024: 72.7% from 794 flights
- May 2024: 72.8% from 852 flights
- June 2024: 69.1% from 771 flights
- July 2024: 64.7% from 809 flights
- August 2024: 74.5% from 842 flights
- September 2024: 75.5% from 789 flights
- October 2024: 82.0% from 859 flights
- November 2024: 84.9% from 803 flights
- December 2024: 86.0% from 803 flights
- January 2025: 82.7% from 748 flights
- February 2025: 81.9% from 716 flights
- March 2025: 81.9% from 812 flights
- April 2025: 77.5% from 746 flights
- May 2025: 77.8% from 752 flights
- June 2025: 74.4% from 726 flights
- July 2025: 74.2% from 741 flights
- August 2025: 80.9% from 740 flights
- September 2025: 77.8% from 690 flights
- October 2025: 76.6% from 683 flights
- November 2025: 74.4% from 705 flights
- December 2025: 76.2% from 682 flights
- January 2026: 77.7% from 743 flights
- February 2026: 79.6% from 657 flights
- March 2026: 79.6% from 734 flights
- April 2026: 77.5% from 670 flights
- May 2026: 73.1% from 649 flights
- June 2026: 69.7% from 625 flights
- July 2026: 74.7% from 661 flights
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 76.6% against 79.5% in the 12 months before — declining by 2.9 percentage points.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 28,255 LAX → LAS flight records from the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, covering July 2023 – July 2026. Late means 15 or more minutes past scheduled arrival; cancelled and diverted flights are left out of on-time rates.
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